George Brown College Canada

GSCI 1009

Quiz 3

1)Tycho Brahe's contribution to astronomy included:

2.                                What is the difference between a synodic month and a sidereal month?
3. What are the difficulties of Celestial Navigation in practice?

4.                 Noon is the time when the shadow on a sundial is the shortest. This is:

5.                Which of the following best describes how modern astronomers view astrology?
6.                When Einstein's theory of gravity (general relativity) gained acceptance, it demonstrated that Newton's theory had been…

7.                    Standard Time is:

8.                    Suppose Earth's axis had a greater tilt (more than 23.5 degrees). Which of the following statements would not be true?

9.                    Which of the following is not one of Kepler's Laws of Motion?

10.                 Which of the following best describes the meaning of declination and right ascension?

11.                 Which of the following statements is true?

12.                Galileo's contribution to astronomy included:
13.                Which of the following is not part of a good scientific theory?
14. Why does modern science trace its roots to the Greeks?
15. Which of the following best describes the Tropic of Cancer?
16. When we say that Jupiter is at opposition, we mean that it…
17. Kepler shows us what Science is about, and how failure to math observations should force a change in our hypotheses and questioning our theory. This is what Science is about; this is the strength of Science:
18. Which of the following was not observed by Galileo?